Community ‘devastated’ after man killed in row on leafy north London street

The pensioner died following an attack on Priory Road, Hornsey (Picture: John Dunne)

The death of a pensioner who was involved in a clash with two men in a quaint north London suburb has left locals ‘heartbroken and devastated’. 

Richard Payne, 67, was with a friend when an argument broke out with two younger men, according to witnesses.

The younger men had stopped and parked their motorcycle to go into a shop on Priory Road, Hornsey, to get a drink and buy fish and chips at a takeaway.

There was then an exchange of words and then a physical confrontation during the clash at about 8pm on October 5. 

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